A. Mayer

The parties separated after a high-conflict marriage involving allegations of family violence and mental health challenges.

The applicant sought final decision-making authority and a therapeutic order against the respondent, while the respondent sought majority parenting time and sole decision-making.

The court ordered shared parenting time and joint decision-making, requiring the use of a parenting coordinator for impasses.

The court also ordered the sale of the matrimonial home, an equalization payment to the respondent, and imputed income to the respondent for the purposes of calculating child and spousal support.

The mother brought motions for contempt against the father for failing to facilitate supervised access as ordered, and for joint custody with increased access.

The father cross-moved to vary the access order, citing concerns over the mother's past drug addiction and the child's anxiety.

The court found the father in contempt for deliberately disobeying the clear terms of the access order, but suspended any penalty to allow him to purge the contempt by complying with a new schedule.

The court deferred the issue of custody to trial but ordered a gradually increasing access schedule for the mother, transitioning to unsupervised and overnight access, conditional on her providing random negative drug tests.